#CEC92E#CEC92E

#CEC92E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.163 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC92E
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 77.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -14.97, 71.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 73.07, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0493 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.163 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8353, 55.0940, 10.7514)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC92E #2E33CE

analogous

#CE792E #CEC92E #83CE2E

triadic

#CEC92E #2ECEC9 #C92ECE

tetradic

#CEC92E #2ECE79 #2E33CE #CE2E83

square

#CEC92E #2ECE79 #2E33CE #CE2E83

split-complementary

#CEC92E #2E83CE #792ECE

monochromatic

#6A6718 #9C9823 #CEC92E #DBD75E #E6E490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC92E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CEC92E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC92E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC92E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC92E	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec92e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.163 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d974',
    500: '#cec92e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec92e;
$custom-light: #e1d974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec92e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81466,
    "c": 0.16315,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC92E

secondary

#2D2F74

accent

#46E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC92E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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